Appropriations season: Although there is always the possibility of delay, we are optimistic that Congress will eventually adopt a 2025 budget, and we are renewing our advocacy to support housing mobility funding and flexibility in the use of Housing Choice Voucher funds to facilitate moves to low poverty areas (see our coalition letter here). We also supported NCSD’s letter, on … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 6, 2024): Appropriations season
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PRRAC Update (May 17, 2024): May 17, 1954
Looking to the future of the school integration movement: We participated in a months-long community of practice led by Brown’s Promise, NCSD, and the Education Law Center, to develop a statement of values and policies to help define the future course of school integration research, policy, and practice – and to help bring together the interdependent yet often disconnected … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 17, 2024): May 17, 1954
PRRAC Update (April 25, 2024): Brown, Milliken, and magnet schools
Brown and Milliken in the new P&R: The latest edition of Poverty & Race includes a powerful set of reflections on the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education and Milliken v. Bradley on their respective 70th and 50th anniversaries. If you read nothing else this spring on the Brown anniversary, you should read these essays! Thanks to Jenna Tomasello, NCSD's Communications … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 25, 2024): Brown, Milliken, and magnet schools
PRRAC Update (March 28, 2024): public housing and social housing; Brown anniversary
Public housing & social housing: As we pursue the social housing ideal in the U.S., it is important to recognize the social housing we already have, and make it better. See the Alliance for Housing Justice’s latest policy brief, "Public Housing: A Central Pillar of Social Housing." Between the Lines: Two years ago, PRRAC and NCSD premiered a student-led play created … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 28, 2024): public housing and social housing; Brown anniversary
PRRAC Update (March 14, 2024): Secretary Fudge’s legacy; new source of income discrimination developments
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge’s retirement: Secretary Fudge has been receiving many appreciations this week after her retirement announcement on Monday, and we would like to add our own appreciation for her leadership on civil rights and tenants’ rights – including the reinstatement of important civil rights rules on discriminatory effects and affirmatively furthering fair … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 14, 2024): Secretary Fudge’s legacy; new source of income discrimination developments
